ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come
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ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come
With a change of ownership in the works, TikTok’s algorithm – the secret sauce of its success – is going to be reset for US users. What diffe...
How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child psychologist’s tips for making magic and avoiding tears
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How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child psychologist’s tips for making magic and avoiding tears
Depending on family circumstances and a child’s personality type, gift giving runs the gamut of fun to terrifying. But the most important lesson ...
From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill
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From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill
World leaders like to talk up peace at Christmastime. But alongside the tales of seasonal breaks in fighting are incidents of adversaries taking ad...
As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his ‘client list’
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As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his ‘client list’
Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a...
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains: Thread ⬇️
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
A historian analyzes how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claims about her boss and his administration are ‘doublespeak’ straig...
5 objects found in forgotten steamer trunks tell the story of early Filipino migrants in America (thread) ⬇️